2018 Subaru Outback Premium
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2018 Subaru Outback
A component is listed below if NHTSA records a vehicle recall campaign, a manufacturer warranty extension or service campaign, or at least 10 distinct consumer complaints.
Recall campaigns
NHTSA lists these campaigns as covering certain 2018 Subaru Outback vehicles. One campaign can list several components, so these do not sum to the 3 vehicle campaigns on record.
- Visibility1 campaign272 distinct complaints
198 carried a usable odometer reading; the middle 50% of those readings fell between 12,000 and 35,000 miles.
- Electrical System1 campaign265 distinct complaints
- Fuel/Propulsion System1 campaign46 distinct complaints
30 carried a usable odometer reading; the middle 50% of those readings fell between 2,850 and 12,500 miles.
Federal law requires the manufacturer to remedy a safety recall at no cost to the owner — by repair, replacement or refund — for vehicles not more than 15 years old on the date the defect was determined.
Parts are sometimes on back-order and some remedies are interim, so a dealer may not be able to complete the work immediately. A specific vehicle’s current recall status is available through NHTSA’s VIN recall lookup.
Most-complained components with no recall campaign on record
At least 10 distinct complaints, ordered by complaint count.
- Engine37 distinct complaints
- Steering35 distinct complaints
31 carried a usable odometer reading; the middle 50% of those readings fell between 500 and 10,000 miles.
Subaru filed 432 other service communications for this model year, nearly all routine repair instructions. OAV lists only warranty extensions and service campaigns; routine bulletins are not listed.
These records describe the 2018 model-year, not any individual vehicle, and are not an inspection. One complaint can be recorded against more than one component, so counts do not sum to the model-year total. Service records for any component listed here are worth requesting from the seller. Showing 5 of 12 components with records above OAV’s publication floor — see all 12 for this model-year.
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. Mileage is self-reported and frequently rounded. Complaint records as of 2026-09-18. Recall records as of 2026-09-18.
Premium
Kentwood, MI 49512
Is this 2018 Subaru Outback Premium a good deal?
OAV verdict: Unscored
Why: Listed at $18,998. OAV publishes a price verdict only when it has enough closely comparable listings to stand behind one. This listing did not clear that bar, so OAV withholds a verdict rather than guessing. Listed 8 days · fresher than most comparable local listings (typical ~15–105 days).
Market price position
OAV publishes a price verdict only when it has enough closely comparable listings to stand behind one. This listing did not clear that bar, so OAV withholds a verdict rather than guessing.
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Kentwood, MI
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About This 2018 Subaru Outback
Listing updated: Sep 18, 2026Listed by an independent dealer in Kentwood, MI · On lot for 8 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2018 Subaru Outback Premium is listed at $18,998 by carmax grand rapids (kentwood) in Kentwood, MI 49512. It has 71,936 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is Silver. It features a 4WD drivetrain with a 2.5L H4 engine and CVT transmission.
OAV's independent, evidence-backed Price-to-Market analysis rates this vehicle as Unscored. OAV publishes a price verdict only when it has enough closely comparable listings to stand behind one. This listing did not clear that bar, so OAV withholds a verdict rather than guessing.
This vehicle has been on the lot for 8 days.
Analysis powered by OAV's patented inventory standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477). Verdict methodology ptm-verdict-v1 · snapshot Sep 18, 2026. The patented comparable band is the input; ptm-verdict-v1 is the versioned OAV rule set that turns it into this verdict.
Market context
This listing is part of OAV's broader Kentwood, MI wagons market analysis. OAV compares vehicles by local and regional price-to-market ranges and comparable count; days-on-lot and demand signals are shown separately, not as verdict inputs.
How this deal is rated
OAV compares this 2018 Subaru Outback against similar vehicles currently available for sale — same make, model, and year range, using trim where the data supports it. OAV does not adjust comparable prices for mileage; on used vehicles it withholds a verdict when mileage would distort the comparison — very high or unreliable mileage, or a lower price better explained by higher-than-typical mileage than by a genuine market discount — rather than overstate a deal. Based on where this listing falls in that comparable set, it is rated:
- Great Deal — priced below the comparable-range floor by a meaningful margin (OAV's minimum-gap rule); a listing below the floor by less than that margin is Fair Price.
- Fair Price — priced within the expected range for comparable vehicles.
- Overpriced — priced above the typical range for comparable vehicles.
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How this listing is verified
This vehicle listing was aggregated from an independent dealer in Kentwood, MI, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN 4S4BSAFC7J3362610 can be independently verified via the U.S. Department of Transportation's NHTSA VIN decoder, and safety recalls at NHTSA's recall database.
Vehicle attributes (year, make, model, trim, mileage, location) are standardized using OAV's patented methodology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477), which normalizes naming conventions and deduplicates cross-listed inventory across the dealership network. Listing data is processed daily; Price-to-Market analysis uses comparable vehicles.
2018 Subaru Outback Market in MI
MI Market Listings
190
Average Price
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Price Range
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Avg Days on Lot
57
Based on all 190 2016-2020 Subaru Outback listings in the MI market. Because OAV has not assigned a reliable price verdict to this listing, it does not state how it compares to this broader average. Similar vehicles spend an average of 57 days on dealer lots in this market.
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